Certified Dietary Manager

Brookdale Senior Living Inc.•Corpus Christi, TX

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About The Position

The Certified Dietary Manager plans, directs, and coordinates dietary department activities at one or more locations, providing food services for residents and employees. The role oversees dietary staff and helps maintain a pleasant, clean environment while ensuring a quality dietary experience. The manager establishes departmental procedures, develops service standards, maintains services within budget, plans menus, controls food costs, and may prepare meals. The role works with the divisional dietary services specialist and dietitians to meet residents’ nutritional requirements; oversees food preparation; monitors food safety and sanitation; and manages schedules, inventory, staffing, training, documentation, nutrition education, safety procedures, and continuous quality improvement. Duties may include other responsibilities assigned by a supervisor. A high school diploma or GED, two to four years of relevant dietary or kitchen experience (or equivalent), and current ServSafe certification are required. Local, state, or county food-handling or sanitation credentials must also be obtained or maintained as required.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Two to four years of experience in dietary services, a commercial kitchen, operations and line cooking, and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Current ServSafe Certification.
Obtain or hold any locally, state-, or county-required food-handling or sanitation licenses and certificates.
Extensive knowledge of a distinct skill or function, thorough understanding of the organization and work environment, and working knowledge of a functional discipline.
Sound judgment and experience to solve moderately complex problems using precedent, examples, reasonableness, or a combination of these.

Responsibilities

Establish departmental regulations and procedures in accordance with administrative policies.
Develop standards for organizing and supervising dietary services.
Maintain quality dietary services within the prescribed budget.
Determine food quality and quantity requirements, plan menus, control food costs, and, when scheduled, prepare meals.
Work with the divisional dietary services specialist and consult with a dietitian as needed to ensure meals meet residents’ nutritional requirements.
Oversee food preparation and cooking to ensure meals follow Brookdale procedures.
Inspect work, storage, and serving areas to ensure food safety and sanitation regulations are followed.
Prepare cleaning schedules, production worksheets, and staff schedules.
Maintain inventory of food and nonfood items.
Select, orient, and train new department employees, and delegate authority to dining services staff to support the effective flow of materials and services.
Develop and direct a cost-control system and prepare and submit the department budget to the residence director or executive director.
Maintain appropriate documentation in residents’ medical records.
Provide nutrition education and counseling to residents, and deliver dining-services education to dining-services and other staff as needed.
Ensure safe work procedures are developed and followed, including procedures related to employee injuries, injury prevention, and infection control.
Maintain a continuous quality improvement program and ensure appropriate follow-up.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible part-time and full-time associates.
401(k) for eligible part-time and full-time associates; temporary associates may also participate.
Associate assistance program.
Employee discounts.
Referral program.
Early access to earned wages for hourly associates outside California.
Optional identity theft protection and pet insurance.
Paid time off for eligible full-time associates.
Paid holidays for eligible full-time associates.
Company-provided life insurance for eligible full-time associates.
Adoption benefit for eligible full-time associates.
Short- and long-term disability for eligible full-time associates.
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible full-time associates.
Health Savings Account for eligible full-time associates.
Optional life and dependent life insurance for eligible full-time associates.
Optional accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, and legal plan for eligible full-time associates.
Tuition reimbursement for eligible full-time associates.
Advance of naturalization application fees up to $725, less applicable taxes and withholding, for qualified associates employed for at least one year.